People with Disabilities: A Texas Profile
People with Disabilities: A Texas Profile
People with Disabilities: A Texas Profile
You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles
YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.
yearly salary earned by labor force participants <strong>with</strong> disabilities who had a bachelor degree or higher<br />
was $53,281 compared to $69,422 for labor force participants <strong>with</strong>out disabilities.<br />
Table 16: Average Yearly Salary for Labor Force Participants <strong>with</strong> and <strong>with</strong>out <strong>Disabilities</strong> by<br />
Educational Attainment, 2011<br />
Educational Attainment<br />
Labor Force<br />
Participants <strong>with</strong><br />
<strong>Disabilities</strong><br />
Percent<br />
at<br />
Education<br />
Level<br />
Average<br />
Yearly<br />
Salary<br />
Labor Force<br />
Participants <strong>with</strong>out<br />
<strong>Disabilities</strong><br />
Percent<br />
at<br />
Education<br />
Level<br />
Average<br />
Yearly<br />
Salary<br />
Less than high school graduate 18.8% $15,958 14.3% $19,883<br />
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 28.0% $23,087 23.5% $30,260<br />
Some college or associate degree 34.4% $30,548 30.7% $38,579<br />
Bachelor degree or higher 18.8% $53,281 31.5% $69,422<br />
Labor Force Participants age 25 and over 720,777 9,945,657<br />
Table notes: 2011 ACS microdata. Salaries are inflation‐adjusted for 2011.<br />
Because individuals can report having multiple disabilities, analyzing any possible associations between<br />
income and specific disability is difficult. Table 17 illustrates the disabilities reported by <strong>Texas</strong> labor<br />
force participants in three different salary groups. The salary groups were constructed to contain an<br />
approximately equal number of individuals. The salary group <strong>with</strong> the lower income range consists of<br />
individuals earning $0 to $8,400 in a year. The middle salary range is from $8,401 to $30,000 and the<br />
higher income range is $30,001 and higher. The largest percentages of labor force participants in the<br />
lower salary range reported ambulatory and cognitive difficulties. More individuals in the middle salary<br />
range reported ambulatory and hearing difficulties. Greater percentages of individuals in the higher<br />
salary range reported ambulatory and hearing difficulties. Looking at differences between the salary<br />
groups, similar percentages of individuals reported many of the difficulties. However, more than twice<br />
the number of individuals in the lower salary group reported cognitive difficulties compared to the<br />
higher salary group.<br />
26 <strong>Texas</strong> Workforce Investment Council
Change language